Re: Help with file transfer
From: David Lloyd Geering (dreamlax_at_phreaker.net)
Date: 07/27/05
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Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:55:07 +1200
Nigel Robinson wrote:
> Can anybody suggest a solution
> I am new to linux. I have a dual boot sysyem running windows XP or linux
> fedora core 64 bit version.
>
> I need to copy the contents of a whole drive (which was copied from a
> windows based disc to linux) back to windows. I did this because of a
> problem with the disc which became inaccessible under windows. The files are
> intact on the linux drive.
>
> Now I could burn them onto DVD discs and then copy them into windows, but
> that is a long way round (over 60 gb) and some of the files are long video
> files which are bigger than can fit onto a DVD disc (my DVD writer only
> works ith single layer 4.7gb discs and some of the videos are well over that
> (10 to 20 gb))
>
> I would like to either get software which I can run on windows which would
> allow me to acccess the linux drive (prefered) or something running in linux
> which would copy the files to my windows disc (less prefered because I am
> less experienced with linux and very weak working in command mode)
>
> If any kind angel of mercy can help I would be most grateful to you.
>
>
What file system is your Windows installation on? If it is on NTFS then
you are a little bit in trouble, since write support has not fully been
incorporated into linuxntfs. If it is fat32, then simply mount it and
copy the files to the mount point.
You can find out what partition it is by running cfdisk.
"cfdisk /dev/hda" will tell cfdisk to look at the drive connected at
primary master IDE. hdb is primary slave, hdc is secondary master and
hdd is secondary slave.
If it is FAT32, then do this (as root):
mkdir /mnt/windows
mount -t vfat /dev/hdxy /mnt/windows
Where /dev/hdx is the hard drive, and y is the partition index. For
example, if you have two partitions on hdx, and Windows is on the first
one, then use /dev/hdx1. Then, inside /mnt/windows will be your entire
Windows installation. You can then browse around and so on, and copy
your files across with the normal cp command.
cp /home/nigel/myvobs/lordoftherings.vob /mnt/windows/myvobs/
Don't forget to put quotes around paths with spaces.
cp /home/nigel/mydocs/*.doc "/mnt/windows/My Documents/"
However, if you chose to install Windows with the NTFS option, I'm
afraid you will have to back everything up. There is bound to be a way
to split your large files into multiple little ones that will fit on a
single-layer DVD. Or, alternatively you can wait until full write
support is available for NTFS. You can still mount it using "-t ntfs",
but you will not be able to write to it (it will mount as read only).
Cheers,
Dave.
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